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Details of Loop 101 road-rage shooting emerge

PEORIA -- The suspect arrested in connection with Saturday's road-rage shooting in Peoria told detectives he was being followed and admitted to using methamphetamine before firing a handgun at a car along Loop 101, an arrest report says.

The suspect arrested in connection with a road-rage shooting in Peoria on Saturday told detectives he thought he was being followed and admitted using methamphetamine before firing a handgun at a car along Loop 101, according to an arrest report.

Detectives with the Arizona Department of Public Safety arrested 36-year-old Christopher Hoffman on Saturday night after Hoffman's stepfather contacted police. According to the report, Hoffman's stepfather alerted police after Hoffman's mother found the stepfather's missing Glock handgun in Hoffman's bedroom.

The report said detectives discovered meth in Hoffman's pocket. It added that he told them that he had been using meth since he was 14 years old and was currently on parole for misconduct involving weapons and a drive-by shooting.

Saturday morning's shooting left a Honda Civic riddled with bullets. The driver told police that a tan pickup truck tailgated him as he was travelling from Grand Avenue to Loop 101 near Bell Road. He said a man fired six to seven shots at him, shattering his car window. The driver ducked and accelerated after hearing shots. Uninjured, he pulled over and contacted police.